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H. W. LITTLE, or:MUNGIEQINDIANA.

Lette/rs Patent No. 96,931, dted November 16, 1869.

NEEDLE-PLISHER, SHA'RIPEN'IERI AND LUBRICATOR.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I, H. XV. LITTLE, of Muncie, county of Delaware, and Stute of Indiana, have invented an Improved N sedie-Polisher, Sharpener, and Lubricator, ot' which the following is a speciiieation. v

My invention consists ot" a device provided wit-h an emery-cushion, whereby the needle may be polished; a wheistonc uponwhich itmay he'sharpened; and wit-h s'mpstmie, soap, or French chalk, with .which to lubricate it.

In the accompanying drawings is represented, in

lfigure 1, a front elevation of the device.

Figure 2, a side elevation.

Figure 3, a section through line :u of' iig. 1.

Figure 4, a sect-ion through line :c of hg. 2.

Figures 5,6, 7, S, and 9, are views of detached parts.

A case or frame, A, made from suitable metal, bent to proper shape, or ot' pieces of' wood attached together, support-s, centrally, between its sides,`a bag, E, of clnery, which protrudes through the sides of the case, they `being pierced with suitable openings therefor.

The case carries, fixed in its upper end, a sand or whetstoue, B, and at its lower end, a soapstone or piece of soap, D.

The purpose of the emer '-cushion is to polish the needle and remove from its surface any rust or dirt -accumulated thereon, by simply passing it through the bilg/ v If the needle-point'becomes dull, bent, or broken, it may be readily repointed upon the whet or' sandstone. l

In sewing st or thick fabrics, lubrication of the needle is desirable. 'lo accomplish this, I have pro-` vided one end of my device wit-h soapstone or French chalk, with which the surface of the fabric -is rubbed at the point of sewing. Y

The needle passes through this deposit ot' lubricating-substance as each stitch is made,and the frequent sticking or binding of the needle in the cloth is obviated.

I do not confine myself to the precise construction shown, as it may be varied without departing from my invention.

The within-described device, consisting of the supporting-frame A, carrying an emerycnshion, E, whet or sandstone, B, and soapstoue or French chalk, D, the said parts being arranged substantially as shown and described.

V H'. lV. LITTLE.

Witnesses: f

J. A. WAenTnLL, J oneT E. SANDERS. 

